Re: USC at Grand Challenge

On Jul 9, 6:26 pm, bookie <emily_boo...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jul 9, 9:01 pm, J Flory <john.fl...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
So how many of the 16 oarsmen in the Boat Race this year were
undergraduates?

just because they are postgraduates does not make them not full time
students, postgrad or undergrad they are still full time students and
there are no rules stating that all the blue boat rowers must be
undergraduates, why should there be?

Relax, this was a simple question, not an attack. Just looking for a
number, but I deduce from the response that most or all were
postgraduates.

AFAIK in the US when you receive a bachelor's degree you can no longer
participate in intercollegiate "varsity" competitions. There may be a
few exceptions. The Harvard/Yale race falls after graduation so
technically the seniors have received their degrees. Harvard has grad
school crews (including Business and Law School boats) but AFAIK they
do not race crews from other universities. There may be other
exceptions, but this is generally true.

It's a pity that grad students here do not have the opportunity to
represent their universities in competition. The alternatives are to
put their careers on hold and try for the National Team, to race for a
club, or to forget competing. In many sports these will be the most
effective years of their lives, and grad school allows time
flexibility that undergrads just do not have.

When I was an undergrad school was difficult for me so I had no time
for anything more than intramural rowing and some running. As a grad
student, I was a bicycle roadracer (no water available for rowing) and
competed for a local club. There was no possibility to compete for
the school even if there had been a school team. National Team was
out of the question but somehow managed to find the time to train to
race at Category 1 level. Cycling was probably not a good choice
because riding 350-400 miles/week takes more time than many other
sports, and it probably lengthened the time it took me to get my
degree.

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